From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 3 14:20:33 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9488C16A4DD for ; Sun, 3 Sep 2006 14:20:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ronald-freebsd8@klop.yi.org) Received: from smtp-out1.tiscali.nl (smtp-out1.tiscali.nl [195.241.79.176]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE0A943D45 for ; Sun, 3 Sep 2006 14:20:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ronald-freebsd8@klop.yi.org) Received: from [82.171.39.195] (helo=guido.klop.ws) by smtp-out1.tiscali.nl with smtp (Tiscali http://www.tiscali.nl) id 1GJspr-000456-Mh for ; Sun, 03 Sep 2006 16:20:31 +0200 Received: (qmail 39775 invoked from network); 3 Sep 2006 14:20:29 -0000 Received: from localhost.thuis.klop.ws (HELO guido.klop.ws) (127.0.0.1) by localhost.thuis.klop.ws with SMTP; 3 Sep 2006 14:20:29 -0000 Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2006 16:20:28 +0200 To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org From: "Ronald Klop" Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=us-ascii MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <970c0a6b0607280839qc05e2b8p51118955745b7cda@mail.gmail.com> <20060828161538.GI89053@vision.anyware> <44F332FF.5050809@appriss.com> <20060829150400.739ae7d2@localhost> <1156828956.62479.4.camel@triton.mcneil.com> <20060829154200.661aa9e3@localhost> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20060829154200.661aa9e3@localhost> User-Agent: Opera Mail/9.01 (FreeBSD) Subject: adding plugins (was: Re: Q) eclipse 3.2 (Callisto)) X-BeenThere: freebsd-java@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting Java to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2006 14:20:33 -0000 On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 07:42:00 +0200, Norberto Meijome wrote: > On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 22:22:36 -0700 > Sean McNeil wrote: > >> The big problem that I see is there are a number of plugins that have >> decayed and no longer install. At lease I've seen posts to eclipse@ >> about this. Perhaps they have been updated by now, but what I saw was >> that the download was no longer valid. >> > > hmm not sure.. i've installed several over the last couple of weeks and > there > are all still valid. > >> If this is the case, then just update them all to 3.2 or compatible. If >> there is enough interest, then make an eclipse31. But it seems like it >> will just get harder to maintain the older version as time marches on. > > sure , i was trying to avoid the case where we push eclipse to 3.2, but > there > isn't enough push/ time to upgrade the plugins fast enough. I can easily > install from the update manager....so I guess everyone else can too (as > long as > you remember to sudo eclipse first ;) ).... so i guess it isn't that > important :) > B In stead of 'sudo eclipse' you can also add an 'extension location' in your home-directory and tell eclipse to install plugins there. This works very well for 100% Java plugins. A lot of the Callisto plugins can also be installed (and used) this way by non-root users. Ronald. -- Ronald Klop Amsterdam, The Netherlands